Chapter 159: Shock

In the center of the river in Jinling Yanziji, five 3,000-ton warships are moored. There was no flag on the mast. On the deck are 50 heavy 150-mm mortar mounts of near, medium and long range, as well as 30 M2 heavy machine guns. The brushes were aimed at the fortresses and artillery emplacements on both sides.

The remaining Bukui, holding a telescope, carefully observed the movements around him, calm as a leopard lurking and waiting for an opportunity to attack.

Zhang Gongyi led a team of 20 people and accompanied Su Sanniang into the Guanyin Pavilion for two days, and there has been no news yet.

Regarding Zhang Gongyi's safety, Bu Kui is not worried. They have their own rations and water, as well as a micro-radio station, and if there is danger, their side can help them break through.

For Su Sanniang's sudden appearance, on behalf of Phoenix, he brought a large number of advanced flintlock muskets and Napoleonic field cannons, and found Hong Xuanjiao, but Hong Huang was a little caught off guard. The key is that his illegitimate son, Hong Yi, was blackmailed by the Lord family of the British Empire. But Su Sanniang survived, and his mood was very complicated at this time.

Since the fall of Jiujiang on May 19, the Hunan army has formed an encirclement posture against Tianjing, and Tianjing is in danger. Fortunately, in September, Chen Yucheng and Li Xiucheng joined forces to break through the Jiangbei camp for the second time, and in November, they won a great victory in Sanhe, temporarily relieving the siege of Tianjing. However, the decline of the Taiping army gradually appeared. With the departure of Shi Dakai, the right-hand man, Tianjing is already disheartened.

Now if we want to revive the morale of the army, the easiest and most powerful way is to use foreign guns and artillery. (At that time, the Taiping army fell out with the foreigners, cut off trade, and transferred support to the Qing army to deal with the Taiping army)

Therefore, on the one hand, I hate Su Sanniang, and on the other hand, I want to get the foreign guns and cannons brought by Su Sanniang.

"Sister Yi, Sanniang's conditions, it stands to reason that I should agree to her. However, you also know that Yi'er died in the hands of the Lord family in this way. But she, Su Sanniang, is still alive. ”

In the end, Emperor Hong trembled, almost roaring with angry eyes.

His pale and hideous appearance made even Hong Xuanjiao feel frightened. But only Emperor Hong himself knows that all this pretended to be stubble. In the past 5 years, the beauty has been around his knees, and his body has long been hollowed out.

However, now that the Taiping army is retreating, he has been broken out of the deep palace compound and sat on the dragon throne of the palace to preside over the overall situation. This made him feel frightened and uneasy, and there was also the beauty * person in the harem, which made him unable to stop. I don't want to waste energy and time dealing with this mess at all.

"Big brother, in fact, I also want to empty the gloves of the white wolf, and the foreign guns and cannons of the 5 ships of Sanniang are white. But the people brought by Sanniang are too powerful. As soon as the people below tried to make a move, they were shot and killed indiscriminately. What's more, Yi'er's death can't be blamed entirely on Sanniang. Big brother, you have been hiding in the palace for the past few years, you may not know that Hong Zhuangtian of the Shadow Guard secretly went to San Francisco. Then Yi'er had an accident. Even a few uncles have lost news. Therefore, this matter has become a mystery. However, now Sanniang has worked hard to bring back so many foreign guns and cannons, which shows that Sanniang still has our brothers and sisters in her heart. Moreover, these foreign guns and cannons can't be bought even by the emperor Lao'er of the Qing Demon, which shows how much Sanniang has suffered. Now Sanniang's condition is only to ask for people, not gold and silver treasures. It can be seen that Sanniang is on our side. ”

After Hong Xuanjiao's words, Emperor Hong, who was indignant in his heart, slowly began to loosen his opinion of Su Sanniang.

At this moment, an urgent secret message came in.

Hong Xuanjiao opened it and took a look, and immediately gasped!

"Big brother, Sanniang's conditions will not be able to agree. The Tiger Army of Sanniang, which received it, had already captured Songjiang Mansion and Taicang Mansion within an hour yesterday morning, along with Puhai and the concession, all of them. Moreover, the east gate towers of Songjiang Mansion and Taicang Mansion were blown flat by a cannonball flying from the sky. Zhang Guoliang and Yu Bin, as well as Wu Xi, Wu Jianshuo and others, were all captured. ”

Emperor Hong, who had no one in his eyes, felt powerless again. The tiger's mouth with his left hand was divided, pressing the temples on both sides, and he waved his hand in a happy manner, "Sister Yi, this matter will be left to you to deal with with it all, I just need foreign guns and foreign guns." ”

Hong Xuanjiao nodded, "It's okay, didn't Sanniang say that she would hand over someone with one hand and deliver the goods with the other?" Now the British King and the Chung King have just taken Yangzhou Province, where there are about 2.5 million people, and 1 million people can be allocated to come out. ”

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The Tiger Army captured Songjiang Mansion and Taicang Mansion, and captured Zhang Guoliang, Jin An, Yu Bin, Wu Xi and others, which was like a bolt from the blue for He Guiqing, the governor of Liangjiang, Zhao Youde, the governor of Jiangshu, and Xu Renren, the governor-elect of Jiangshu, as well as Hu Xingren, the governor of Kangzhou, and Yang Jing, the prefect of Suzhou.

The long hair in front is already enough for people to have a headache, and now there is an extra batch of Tiger Army, do you want to attack back and forth?

When the minister and the village of Qincha, the general soldier Li Ruozhu who did not return to Songjiang Mansion and escaped, as well as the deputy general Zhang Yuliang, the political envoy Wang Youling of Jiang Shubu, and Xue Zhao, the envoy of the inspection department, felt a chill when they received the news.

As the first prefect of Suzhou to know the news, Yang Jing was even more intuitive about the strength of the Tiger Army. At that time, he happened to be returning to Suzhou at Dingshan Lake when he heard a loud noise in the distance. At that time, he thought that the Taiping army had attacked, and he was so frightened that he kept urging the boatmen to speed up.

When I returned to Suzhou Mansion, I received an urgent express report, only to learn that the East Gate Tower of Songjiang Mansion was blown flat by that shell. Zhang Guoliang and the others became prisoners of the LTTE.

Therefore, Yang Jing, who was shocked, was very worried that the Tiger Army would attack Suzhou Mansion in one go.

At the same time, whether it is Suzhou Mansion, Kangzhou Mansion, or Jiaxing Mansion, many villagers who received the news formed a crowd of people, bringing each other's families with their mouths, carrying a small number of bags, braving the cold wind, and taking a boat to Songjiang Mansion and Puhai overnight, just to eat a hot meal.

As for those Qing soldiers, not to mention blocking them, they would have fled a long time ago. Some people even threw away their weapons and joined the labor force.

In any case, such a big matter is not something they can decide in a word. Therefore, one after another 800 miles of urgent reports were sent to Yanjing. At the same time, a large number of fine works were assigned to Puhai and Songjiang and Taicang.

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However, Ye Tan's next action shocked the foreigners of the four countries.

Yue Wo & Co., Flag Cheong & Co., Tong Chun & Co., King Kee & Co., Tai British Steamship Company, Sassoon & Co., Buan Di & Co., Yan Kee & Co., Po Shun & Co., Yi Kee & Co., Yi Kee & Co., Kwong Yuen & Co., Wah Kee & Co., Kwong Leong & Co., Deli & Co., ...... All 72 foreign firms involved in the sale of cheating and smuggling arms were confiscated, and all land companies, real estate, and other properties were confiscated.

8,989,127 taels of silver, 858,679 taels of gold, and 2,689,968 yuan of silver were confiscated. There are 234 companies, 108 warehouses, 13 wharves, 257,895 acres of land (plus forcible occupation), 938,125 kilograms of raw silk, 86,712 kilograms of tea, 2,097,548 pieces of porcelain, 55,789 cases of brandy and other foreign wines, and 2,976 cases of Cuban cigars. Cotton, ore, timber, cotton yarn, vegetable oil and so on.

Of the total 218 merchant ships, 109 were present, and together with 20 armed smuggling vessels, a total of 129 ships were seized. 58,000 boxes of crows, 5,908 field guns, 868,729 shells, 293,789 rifles fired or flintlock rifles of rifles fired by rifles and other models were found. 56,890 barrels of gunpowder and propellant, 17,982,508 rounds of bullets... (According to the information of Shanghai *Hai * Di * Zhi Yang Company and other information)

The consuls of the four countries were rejected by Ye Tan when they asked to see them, and they were all gathered in one courtyard. Food and shelter are not bad, but they have lost their personal freedom. I didn't know that the foreign bank was being raided.

"Mintiny, do you see those steel battleships? Oh, my God? Where did they come from? Even we, the British Empire, can't make it. ”

As soon as Midilef saw the French consul Mintiny, he said in amazement.

"Midil, do you see the cannon? What is the specific caliber? ”

The American consul Ma Hui, his eyes lit up, stared at Midil and asked.

In fact, everyone knows very well in their hearts that if they can have this kind of steel giant ship warship and large-caliber artillery, the whole world will be divided by them. Even if you can't get these warships, at least you have to get those technologies.

"Dear Consul Ma Hui, I am more than happy to tell you that this is a 400 mm caliber artillery. I just heard on the road that the Dongdaemun Castle Tower in Songjiang Mansion was flattened by shells fired here. Oh, I calculated, Pujiang to Songjiang Fucheng, at least about 58 kilometers. ”

"Sell melons! How come I haven't heard of it?! ”

Alenbu's eyes widened, and he looked at Li Taiguo in disbelief and said.

"Allenbu, you may not know that this kind of shell blew up a deep crater 8 meters long, 5 meters wide, and more than 3 meters deep at the east gate of the Baoshan County Ya. 9 shells, none of them missed, all hit the target! ”

Ma Hui held the tip of his right elbow with his left hand and his chin with his right hand, and said playfully.

"In this way, the maximum range of the guns on the battleship is at least 58 kilometers. Oh my God! If they want to deal with our fleet, Gurney and they are in danger! ”

Alenbu was so shocked that he couldn't come back to his senses for a long time, and muttered in a lost mind.

At the same time as these people were shocked, the Yo-Ball, which was moored on the Pujiang River, set sail and left Puhai. Only a few people knew that they were going to Kangzhou Bay to assist the Tiger Army in Chengjiawan and defend against the Qing troops in Kangzhou Mansion.